A criminal named "Rob Banks" would be an example of an aptronym. The opposite of an aptronym is an "inaptronym." (Ex. a philanthropist with the last name "Paine.")
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"Oral tradition indicates that the fish was the recognition symbol of the first Christians. The Greek word for it is ICHTYS, with the individual letters of the apronym for Iesòus Christòs Theòu Yiòs Sotèr (Jesus Christ the Son of God the Savior)."
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